$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 14: 1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 90 of 511
The cutoff moved all in preflop with 
in the hole, and the button called holding 
. Doug Marro called to cover them both with 
after originally raising from late position.
The board was dealt 
, and Marro took out both of his opponents to stack up 110,000 after collecting the pot.
Doug Marro – 110,000 (36 bb)
$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 1: 100/100
Flight B of WPT Tampa Event 1 is ready to go in the Event Center, set to build on the big turnout of Flight A. We had 511 entries in the first flight to set the path toward the $1,000,000 guarantee.
Players start with 20,000 stacks and all Day 1 levels last 30 minutes, going up to 40 minutes on Day 2. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 9:30 pm. Play will continue until only 10% of the field remains and they will advance to Day 2 on Sunday at 1 pm in the money.
$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12: 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 162 of 511
The third break has come and gone and the black chips are now out of play. 162 players are remaining which means they still have some time before thinking about the money bubble.
Sal Troiano is the big stack in the room with 242,000 followed by Yazdi Mehta with 232,000. Former leader Scott Woodring is doing just fine with 161,000 and Dyanna Lopez has 151,000.
$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11: 400/800 with a 800 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 189 of 511
Dyanna Lopez was already making moves up the leaderboard when she found herself in a three-way pot with one player all in.
She flopped a set with her jacks and got heads-up with the all-in player after the turn when she made a full house jacks full of fives. The at risk player was drawing dead and Lopez stacked up to 141,300 as the field shrinks.
$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 300/500 with a 500 ante
Flight A Entries: 511
Registration closed for Flight A of WPT Tampa Event 1 with 511 entries putting more than $265,000 towards the $1,000,000 guarantee with five more flights to go.
Flight A will continue into the evening until only 52 players remain to advance to Day 2 on Sunday at 1 pm.
| Flight | Day | Entries | Advanced |
| A | Thurs at 10am | 511 | TBD |
| B | Thurs at 5pm | — | — |
| C | Friday at 10am | — | — |
| D | Friday at 5pm | — | — |
| E | Sat at 10am | — | — |
| F | Sat at 5pm | — | — |
| Total | 511 | TBD |
$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 300/500 with a 500 ante
Flight A Entries: 437
The Flight A field continued to expand after the first break and we found more familiar faces in the field including our defending champ.
Last year, the opening event of the series was a $500 Big Stack that produced a prize pool over $2,000,000. Shawn Mohamed cruised to the final table and took the top spot for nearly $200K after a four-way deal. He’s back today trying to do it again.
Other new notables include former WSOP Millionaire Maker champ Femi Fashakin, Solange Lucas, and Jacob Naumann.
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Level 5: 200/400 with a 400 ante
Flight A Entries: 380
Cards went back in the air for Flight A and we tracked down our first leader while they were gone. Scott Woodring is the early front-runner with 97,700 after four levels of play and he is the player to catch with a lot of time to go.
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$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4: 200/300 with a 300 ante
Flight A Entries: 370
Event 1 players were sent on their first break with 370 entries setting a nice pace for the tournament. There is little doubt the $1,000,000 guarantee will be topped this weekend, now we need to see when it will happen.
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$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 100/200 with a 200 ante
Flight A Entries: 340
We have a steady line at the registration desk and the entry count continued to climb as the players begin to think about their first break. With 350 entries so far, we are looking a big early number heading into the weekend.
$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 2: 100/100 with a 100 ante
Flight A Entries: 299
The first half of the Event Center filled up in a hurry and the field is already pushing into new areas with a bigger push coming in the afternoon.
Some early friendly faces in action today include Shawn Lucas, Nancy Birnbaum (and Buddy), WSOP bracelet winner Al Krux, and WSOP Ladies Champ Marsha Wolak.
